Karyn Altman, South Florida MPI’s New Vice President of Communications

The vision of Meeting Professionals International (MPI) is “To build a rich global meeting industry community, making its members successful in building human connections to Knowledge/Ideas, Relationships and Marketplaces.” With over 500 members, our local South Florida chapter supports that vision and has provided professional development and networking opportunities for meeting professionals for over 30 years.

Last Friday, over 100 people convened at the Westin Diplomat Resort and Spa in Hallandale Beach as the South Florida chapter of MPI hosted its annual award and installation dinner, and presented the new executive board.  The guest speaker was Carlos Molinet, president and CEO of leadership training company The Molinet Institute. He discussed the concept of “servant leadership” and encouraged MPI members to engage in service to make a difference – if only in just one person’s life.

Throughout her 18 years as an active MPI member, Karyn Altman, Seasite’s Vice President of Business Development,  has embodied the role of “servant leader” by serving the organization and its members in various leadership positions.  Last August, she was the Education Chairperson for the MPI SEC (Southeast Education Conference) held in Miami Beach at the Eden Roc Resort. This annual event rotates around the state and is regarded as one of the signature educational events of the year for the hospitality industry. Karyn also served on the Board as Director of Education in 1997.

Karyn has just completed her term as Vice President of Education for the South Florida chapter of MPI, and without missing a beat, she’s taking on a new challenge – Vice President of Communications. When asked about her new position on the 2010 – 2011 Board of Directors, Karyn remarked: “After previously serving as VP of Education, I’m excited about taking on my new role as VP of Communications.”  She continued, “Our chapter is tasked this year with two major goals:  first, to offer dynamic and powerful educational programs for our members and the hospitality community; and second, to deliver innovative and exciting special events and networking oportunities that deliver excellent ROI to members.”

She added that her focus now is to spread the word through various communications tools to encourage greater event attendance, to explore creative partnership marketing options and public relations to help generate big crowds, and most importantly- to inspire attendees to come back for more!

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